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Angelica Textile Services Inc. v. Park

Laundry service may continue to sue its former employee’s competing business, after jury threw out claim alleging he stole trade secrets.





Cite as

2013 DJDAR 14995

Published

Nov. 12, 2013

Filing Date

Nov. 8, 2013


ANGELICA TEXTILE SERVICES, INC

ANGELICA TEXTILE SERVICES, INC.,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

JAYE PARK et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

 

No. D062405

(Super. Ct. No.

37-2010-00097967-CU-BT-CTL)

California Courts of Appeal

Fourth Appellate District

Division One

Filed November 7, 2013

 

ORDER MODIFYING

OPINION AND DENYING

PETITION FOR REHEARING

 

[NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

THE COURT

 

     It is ordered that the opinion filed herein on October 15, 2013 be modified as follows:

 

     1.  On page 8, the second full paragraph, beginning "In posttrial proceedings" is deleted.

 

     2.  At the end of the first full paragraph on page 8, after the sentence ending "Emerald had not suffered any damage," add as footnote 2 the following footnote, which will require renumbering of all subsequent footnotes:

 

2In posttrial proceedings, the trial court found that Angelica had pursued its trade secrets cause of action in bad faith and for the purpose of litigating Emerald "'out of business.'"  Accordingly, the trial court awarded Emerald its attorney fees as well as its costs.  Angelica has filed a separate appeal from the attorney fees and costs awards, which appeal is now pending.  Our opinion and disposition do not reach the issues raised in that appeal.

 

     The petition for rehearing has been considered by Justices Benke, Nares and McIntyre and is denied.

    

     THERE IS NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT

 

BENKE, Acting P. J.

 

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